i'm not nancy pelosi. i'm not barack obama. >> this sit, folks. we're getting right down, we're getting right down to the end. >> reporter: in ohio, john boehner, the man many expect to be the next house speaker, worked to build what he hopes will be a republican wave. >> you have to accept it. >> no. >> do you have to take it? >> no. >> hell no you don't. >> the president plans a weekend blitz to rally party faithful in tight races. today in philadelphia, then connecticut, and ending his day in chicago. and on sunday, in the battleground of ohio, where he and vice president biden plan to appear together with a separate visit there this weekend from former president -- >> bill clinton! >> reporter: clinton has raised his campaign profile in recent days, but not without controversy after he suggested to florida democrat kendrick meeks that he drop out of the senate race there. it was a last-ditch effort to help independent charlie crist defeat front-runng republican marco rubio. on the "today" show meek said it didn't happen that day. >> and the re